Unscramble SIFT and you have 16 words, SIFT itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of SIFT are on the page: FIST and FITS, each 7 points. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
S1I1F4T1
By length, the words from SIFT split into 3 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of SIFT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with SI · ending in FT · all 4-letter words
The meaning of SIFT, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SIFT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIFT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 13 | 15 | 13 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: SIF and ST. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of SIFT spell the words below.